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Thanks for that! I'm going to look into it. It might be promising!
I haven't been on here in a while! I hope everyone is moving on in the directions they want to, regarding their writing.
Meeting Joshua is still in the editing process. Of course....
I actually wrote a good amount of new chapters. I felt like par...
I guess I should have pointed out that the blog I was referring to is here on The Marshall Planet. My blog post is called, "Character Development Through People Reading" My other blog ( acoupleofquitters.com ) is all about establishing new sources...
Huh, that's cool you made that your mission. I wouldn't consider that weird, it sounds pretty smart. Your wife sounds very lucky. And I can imagine she being an amazing woman, to have you sound so happy in love!
I'll have to check out your blog. ...
Thanks, Caroline. Honestly, it's easy to be nice to my wife. :-)
Although, I'm somewhat of an unconventional guy (some may say "odd", others may say, "weird"). When I was in my 20s, I began studying what woman most valued in a "good boyfriend/hus...
Aw, you sounds like a sweet husband. Shows there's hope for the rest of us! People do end up being happily married.
Well I'm glad you said it happened more than once. People make it seem like when you feel that you HAVE to be with that person no ...
Aw, you sounds like a sweet husband. Shows there's hope for the rest of us! People do end up being happily married.
Well I'm glad you said it happened more than once. People make it seem like when you feel that you HAVE to be with that person no ...
That is the question! I have felt it more than once. :-) I don't believe there is only ONE true person out there for each one of us. I think there may be many who would match perfectly. The objective is to find one of them.
In my first experience...
I've written to much to go back and start over. I'm not that patient! Hah. But I imagine the marshall system does do wonders. Let me know if it works the way you thought!
Wow. You really have felt love at first sight! I like the way you described...
Curt,
That's actually an interesting technique (starting with the end). I've used that in short stories and short-short stories. I especially like it in the latter case. Much fun!
Scott
Caroline,
Well, even though I've written chapters out of sequence, that was only for one novel (the only one I've ever started). When I wrote them, they were very loose and I wasn't really concerned about how sharp they were. I kept them short an...
Wow. I guess I'm a slow thinker. I just thought "you start with the beginning, and make you way to the end." But in the world of writing and imagination, it goes anyway! I like it!
Caroline...
I actually wrote the end of my story first...did it for several reasons, but mostly because it represents a significant change for one of my characters, who after waiting most of her life to bring closure to a situation, suddenly star...
Oh my gosh! I love that! Silence between the notes. Ha! I've never heard that before. I play the piano myself, but I'm far from Mozart, seeing that I teach myself. But really, thanks for that. And you are right, by the way that is how Joshua is in...
Mozart, actually, was one of many. Even gifted modern composers are said to have that ability. It's rare but it's there.
Comment Wall (10 comments)
- At 2:37pm on March 28, 2009,
Rob Raymer said… - Caroline
I meant to say the novel is out there trying to be sold by my agent--so not yet in bookstores.
Ciao
- At 8:46am on March 27, 2009,
Rob Raymer said…
- Hello Caroline, good for you.
Thank you for the welcome. My completed YA novel, "Jasmine Sea, Dolphin Girl," is about a 13-year-old girl, daughter of a marine "dolphinologist" at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama--where I live--who grew up with and can communicate with dolphins, eventually saving some from kidnapers. My current, YA work-in-progress is about another girl (I am the father of daughters only) captured by insurgents while on a deep sea fishing trip with her father.
- At 7:21pm on March 23, 2009,
Taylor said… - I know it cracks me up when my friends look at me like I'm crazy, but it's just really hard to understand if your not a writer...lol...I know what you mean about getting on a roll..my problem is I always tend to get on a roll right at bed time and my body is begging me to sleep, so energy drinks have become my best friend.
Well I'm glad it sounds interesting to you..Yeah I love my imagination..Love it..I wouldnt trade it for anything..There is nothing quite like being in control of these people's lives and knowing the thrive through soley you. Its just so much fun to watch them grow, learn, and fall in love. How did I come up with it? Well I was in the middle of writing my other story and I layed down to go to bed and I was just lying there and the idea popped into my head. I ignored it wanting to finish my other story, but it got to the point it was all I could think about. I swear it was begging me to write so I started. It morphed alot at the beginning, but now it is one solid idea. Anyway do you have an email adress I could send it to you with. Or would you prefer I just message it to you?
Tay
- At 11:26am on March 22, 2009,
Taylor said…
- Caroline
I know isnt it crazy just taking a shower or falling asleep, you never know when something is come hit you.
Wow I totally get what you said about being in a low moment and having to spend all that time alone. I get that so much its now even funny. I know what your saying though about your family thinking you where in some crazy depression. My family always thinks I'm hibernating when I write for crazy amounts of time. I also hope I can pick up your novel and be like yeah I totally know her.
Well I have two stories, but I am only focusing on one. Its a young adult novel. The series("Eye's opened" is the first one) which is about a sixteen year old girl who lives in a socialistic country in the future where the government controls everything. When I say everything I literally mean almost everything like who you have children with, how many children you have, what you learn, they have erased emotions for the most part, they control death. Kathryn the lead charecter gets takne during the middle of the night and taken to a St. Sebastions school for the diseased(because she is above ordinary). Over the generations of 'Specials' (Thats what the government calls the ones with abilities) a secret select group of students have organized and call themselves "The Tragics" who try to survive school and find a way out, but no one has been successful because "The Tragics" abilities havent been maxed out. For example one young guy can manipulate fire, but he couldn't create it because he isn't maxed out. So the series is about love, acception, being different, friendship, suicide, death, and the trials teens face in this unique story.
I was wondering if you found the idea interesting? And if you did would you be interested in reading what I have so far? I could really use a young adult readers opinion. Talk to you Later
Taylor
- At 5:51pm on March 21, 2009,
Curt said…
- Caroline...
I saw the comment you left, and also the one you left Renee, where you mentioned having the book finished, and are in the process of editing/revising.
How's that going, is it making the story flow smoother?
Curt
- At 2:19pm on March 21, 2009,
Curt said…
- Caroline...
You mention that your story covers the life of a girl from the time she's 16 or so until her late 20's. When exactly does she meet Joshua? How does that cause her 'world' to come crashing down around her? What is the exact nature of the 'small stories' you mention?
The first two are obviously related, but what about the third, the small stories? Do they deal with her life after meeting Joshua, or before?
It all comes down to conflict...does she meet him at a young age, where the story would revolve around that type conflict, or does she meet him later, after she's grown comfortable with who she is, and deal with an entirely different form of conflict?
The several small stories you mentioned might be easier to work into the overall picture if they met later, since it would bring up the possibility of having her look at her life to that point and wonder if she's actually made the right choices.
In any case it sounds like it would make an interesting story.
Curt
- At 12:13pm on March 21, 2009,
Taylor said…
- Caroline,
Well it is so refreshing to talk to a young writer...I have always loved writing and creating stories. I am an awesome story teller and I have a zillion journals. So I was taking a shower one day and this idea hit me and I had to write it down. Before I knew it I had written 10,000 words. So it kind of just morphed into a novel. (That was my first idea, I'm only 35,000 words into it). What about you how did you know writing was what you wanted to do?
Tay
- At 7:57pm on March 14, 2009,
Taylor said…
- Hey,
Just wanted to say "Hi"
Its nice to know there are other serious young writers out there!
Tay
- At 11:11am on March 9, 2009,
Evan Marshall said… - Hi Caroline,
I think the reason you're having trouble is that you're trying too hard. In other words, you're trying to sound like "a writer" (looking for words in the thesaurus, etc.) when what you really need to do is tell your story in a simple, straightforward way. My advice would be to write your story as if you were telling it to someone you've never met before--not to a friend, because then you might slip into language that's too informal. Try this for your first draft, or to continue with your first draft, and see what happens.
Best,
Evan
- At 6:23pm on March 2, 2009,
Evan Marshall said…
- Hi Caroline. I do remember you and am delighted that you found my book helpful. I see that your novel is for the Christian/inspirational market. That's a very popular genre these days. To give a novel the best possible chances of selling to a publisher, it always helps to know exactly what category it falls into. For example, there is Christian romance, Christian thrillers, and so on. How would you describe Meeting Joshua? All the best, Evan
Profile Information
- What kind of fiction do you write or would you like to write?
- romance, christian, teen adventure, teen romance.
- Are you working on something now?
- A romance noval called Meeting Joshua. a Christian based book. It's about a young teenage girl and her life as an Latter Day Saint. She meets a young boy named Joshua and the whole world seems to come crashing down around her.
Also on the side i'm working on a action type book. A runnaway boy trying to find a home, meets a girl trying to live in her home. Its about fighting temptations. Christian based as well.
- Do you have any writing goals/dreams?
- Publish Meeting Joshua! and finish my other books. I want to travel to Rome, Italy and study art and photography. I'm hoping my books could make enough money for me to save up for college!
- Do you use The Marshall Plan® in your writing?
- Yes
- Do you use The Marshall Plan® for Novel Writing Template Generator software for novelists?
- No
Caroline's Blog
Editing Editing Editing
I haven't been on here in a while! I hope everyone is moving on in the directions they want to, regarding their writing.
Meeting Joshua is still in the editing process. Of course....
I actually wrote a good amount of new chapters. I felt like parts of the overall story were cut short, so I went back and extended them in ways. It helped a lot. Now the some of the characters have more of personalities, and you learn more about their history and things like that. --which has helped me with the who… Continue
Meeting Joshua is still in the editing process. Of course....
I actually wrote a good amount of new chapters. I felt like parts of the overall story were cut short, so I went back and extended them in ways. It helped a lot. Now the some of the characters have more of personalities, and you learn more about their history and things like that. --which has helped me with the who… Continue
Posted on April 16, 2009 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment
A stab at a summary!
Short summary:
Meeting Joshua is about a thriving young teenager fighting difficult struggles as she goes through all the faces of life. This is a story based on Faith. Faith in herself, faith in her friends, faith in love and above all faith in her Heavenly Father.
Long Detailed summary:
Meeting Joshua follows a young girl, starting in her middle teens, all the way up to her late 20s. Joshua is a young boy, about 17. There lives cross during a church camp event, and everything seems to chan… Continue
Meeting Joshua is about a thriving young teenager fighting difficult struggles as she goes through all the faces of life. This is a story based on Faith. Faith in herself, faith in her friends, faith in love and above all faith in her Heavenly Father.
Long Detailed summary:
Meeting Joshua follows a young girl, starting in her middle teens, all the way up to her late 20s. Joshua is a young boy, about 17. There lives cross during a church camp event, and everything seems to chan… Continue
Posted on March 25, 2009 at 12:00am —
lost in more than one story
In my book Meeting Joshua, its basically about a young girl growing up. It starts off when she's simply 16, 17 years old and ends in her late 20s.
I worry that my book is to many things going on at once. When some one asks me "what's Meeting Joshua about?" I never fully know what to say. And when I answer, I feel like it sounds boring. I have no complete explanation of it or I'm not able to explain it with out getting to in depth. There are several "small stories" going on in the one big pictur… Continue
I worry that my book is to many things going on at once. When some one asks me "what's Meeting Joshua about?" I never fully know what to say. And when I answer, I feel like it sounds boring. I have no complete explanation of it or I'm not able to explain it with out getting to in depth. There are several "small stories" going on in the one big pictur… Continue
Posted on March 21, 2009 at 12:30pm — 20 Comments
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